In last Antiquity two men father and son are living reclusively on Mount Pelion in central Greece away from the ever troublesome worldOne night Cyrus Chirons adopted son is unable to sleep and decides to take a walk in the cool of the night His mind elsewhere he slips off a cliffs edge and plunges into an icy river Unable to win against the current he succumbs to his wretched fate only to awaken on the seashore amongst ancient legends and great heroes in the middle of a tenyear war between the Greeks and the TrojansCyrus manages to befriend the great warrior Achilles He lives and at times fights side by side with the Greeks He is exhausted by the physical and mental demands his body is worn and broken and his mind so confused that when Steen a young man from Oakleigh a suburb of Melbourne awakes from this recurring dream the similarities and adventures of his life in the real world leave him confused and questioning his own sanity to his best friend RossSteen and Ross go on with their lives at breakneck speed only to discover that how they envisioned their future turns out to be very different in reality Finally Steen manages to break away from his corrupt world succeeding in leaving it all behind him but with great loss and regret